Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščelina

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

*ščelь (“crack, fracture”) +‎ *-ina

Noun

*ščelina f

1. aperture, crevice, fissure

Inflection

Declension of *ščelina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ščelina	*ščelině	*ščeliny
genitive	*ščeliny	*ščelinu	*ščelinъ
dative	*ščelině	*ščelinama	*ščelinamъ
accusative	*ščelinǫ	*ščelině	*ščeliny
instrumental	*ščelinojǫ, *ščelinǫ**	*ščelinama	*ščelinami
locative	*ščelině	*ščelinu	*ščelinasъ, *ščelinaxъ*
vocative	*ščelino	*ščelině	*ščeliny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *ščelьje (“rocky coastline, shore”)
• *ščelьnъ, *ščelevъ (“cracked”)
• *ščelistъ, *ščelęstъ (“cloven, cleft”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: шчы́ліна (ščýlina)
  • ⇒ Russian: расще́лина (rasščélina)
  • Ukrainian: щі́лина (ščílyna), щіли́на (ščilýna)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: štelina
  • Polish: szczelina

Further reading

• щілина in Горох.ua (Етимологія)